03 February 1776

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Theatre: Covent Garden
Theatrical Season: 1775-1776
Volume: 4
Comments: Street Ballad, The Duenna or the Double Elopement, a new song to an old Tune: @In the days of Gay, they sing and say,@The town was full of folly:@For all day long, its sole sing-song@Was pretty, pretty Polly.@So now-a-days, as it was in Gay's,@The world's run mad again-a@From morn to night its whole delight@To cry up the Duenna.@One half the town still talks of Brown@The other of Leoni,@While those sly curs, the managers,@Keep pocketing the money... [Brown was the original Clara in the opera. See 16 Dec. 1775 (Hampden, Journal).

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    *pcg The Duenna. As 16 Dec. 1775. *aPrometheus. As 31 Jan., but The Principal Characters-_Zuchelli, Lee <i>Lewes. *cStreet Ballad, +The Duenna or the Double Elopement</i>, a new song to an old Tune: @In the days of $Gay=, they sing and say,@The town was full of folly:@For all day long, its sole sing-song@Was pretty, pretty Polly.@So now-a-days, as it was in Gay's,@The world's run mad again-a@From morn to night its whole delight@To cry up the Duenna.@One half the town still talks of $Brown=@The other of $Leoni=,@While those sly curs, the managers,@Keep pocketing the money... [Brown was the original <i>Clara</i>r in the opera. See 16 Dec. 1775 (<i>Hampden, Journal</i>).]

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    *p1776 02 03 cg The Duenna. ^As17751216^.*a1776 02 03 cg Prometheus. ^As17760131^, but The Principal Characters-_Zuchelli, Lee <i>Lewes.*c1776 02 03 cg Street Ballad, <i>The Duenna or the Double Elopement</i>, a new song to an old Tune: @In the days of $Gay=, they sing and say,@The town was full of folly:@For all day long, its sole sing-song@Was pretty, pretty Polly.@So now-a-days, as it was in Gay's,@The world's run mad again-a@From morn to night its whole delight@To cry up the Duenna.@One half the town still talks of $Brown=@The other of $Leoni=,@While those sly curs, the managers,@Keep pocketing the money... [Brown was the original <i>Clara</i>r in the opera. See 16 Dec. 1775 (<i>Hampden, Journal</i>).]

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    Event: 38552 | 17760203 | cg | Street Ballad, <i>The Duenna or the Double Elopement</i>, a new song to an old Tune: @In the days of $Gay=, they sing and say,@The town was full of folly:@For all day long, its sole sing-song@Was pretty, pretty Polly.@So now-a-days, as it was in Gay's,@The world's run mad again-a@From morn to night its whole delight@To cry up the Duenna.@One half the town still talks of $Brown=@The other of $Leoni=,@While those sly curs, the managers,@Keep pocketing the money... [Brown was the original <i>Clara</i> in the opera. See 16 Dec. 1775 (<i>Hampden, Journal</i>).
    Performance: 80803 | 38552 | p | The Duenna | As17751216.
    AsSeeDate: 80803 | cg | p | As | 17751216
    Cast:
    514525 | 80803 | Clara | Miss Dayes.
    514526 | 80803 | Ferdinand | Mattocks
    514527 | 80803 | Issac | Quick
    514528 | 80803 | Jerome | Wilson
    514529 | 80803 | Antonio | DuBellamy
    514530 | 80803 | Carlos | Leoni
    514531 | 80803 | Father Paul | Mahon
    514532 | 80803 | Lopez | Wewitzer
    514533 | 80803 | Duenna | Mrs Green
    514534 | 80803 | Louisa | Mrs Mattocks
    514535 | 80803 | The <i>Westminster Magazine</i> adds Augustin | Baker
    514536 | 80803 | Francis | Fox
    514537 | 80803 | Porter | Besford.
    Performance: 80804 | 38552 | a | Prometheus | As17760131, but The Principal Characters-_Zuchelli, Lee <i>Lewes.
    AsSeeDate: 80804 | cg | a | As | 17760131
    Cast:
    138359 | 80804 | The Principal Characters | _Zuchelli, Lee <i>Lewes.
    514538 | 80804 | The Dances | Sg Zuchelli, Sga Zuchelli.
    514539 | 80804 | The <i>Principal Characters</i> | Lee Lewes, Mahon, Baker, Jones, Thompson, Wewitzer, Stephens, Dagueville, Miss Valois, Sga Vidini
    514540 | 80804 | The <i>Vocal Parts</i> | Reinhold, DuBellamy, Mrs Willems, Mrs Masters
    514541 | 80804 | The <i>Dances</i> | Zuchelli, Sga Vidini.

Mainpiece

Title: The Duenna
Comments:
As17751216.
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Publish Date: 1794
Birth: 1751
Death: 1816

Afterpiece

Title: Prometheus
Comments:
As17760131, but The Principal Characters-_Zuchelli, Lee Lewes.
Cast:

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Work Title: Prometheus
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Birth: 1744
Death: 1806

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